Method for presenting data about a construction site

Abstract

A method for presenting data about a construction site on a network of operatively connected computers, comprises the steps of establishing authorized workers at the construction site authorized to complete at least a portion of a pre-task plan which corresponds to the authorized worker, presenting the portion of the pre-task plan to the authorized worker, generating inputs from the authorized worker corresponding to a change in status which are used to create reports, and pushing reports to selected parties on the network based on the inputs from the authorized worker in real-time. In accordance with another aspect, the method comprises the steps of pulling enterprise resource planning data from an enterprise resource planning module into one or more reports about the data of the construction site, wherein the enterprise resource planning data comprises cost codes, generating a report about aspects of the data of the construction site, wherein the report comprises the cost codes, and pushing the report about the aspects of the construction site data to the selected parties.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for presenting data about a construction site on a network of operatively connected computers, comprising, in combination, the steps of:
 establishing authorized workers at the construction site authorized to complete at least a portion of a pre-task plan which corresponds to the authorized worker;   presenting the portion of the pre-task plan to the authorized worker;   generating inputs from the authorized worker corresponding to a change in status which are used to create reports; and
 pushing reports to one or more selected parties on the cloud network based on the inputs from the authorized worker in real-time. 
   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the inputs generated by the authorized worker corresponding to the change in status comprises at least one of:
 acknowledging the portion of the pre-task plan relating to the authorized worker, completing a task, presenting information about a status of at least one of equipment, materials, and authorized workers, presenting information about safety, and presenting information about an inspection. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the selected parties comprise at least one of an agent of a general contractor, an agent of a subcontractor, the authorized worker who completed the pre-task plan, and other authorized workers who can be near the authorized worker who completed the pre-task plan. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the portion of the pre-task plan is a daily work schedule of an authorized worker, wherein the daily work schedule is a subset of work to be done on the construction site for a given day for a given authorized worker, wherein the authorized workers are those who are supposed to be on the construction site for the given day pursuant to the daily work schedule; and
 further comprising the step of logging into the network at the construction site, and comparing a reference database of authorized workers with a person logging into the network at the construction site to identify that person is an authorized worker authorized to complete at least a portion of the pre-task plan. 
 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  wherein the pre-task plan comprises a list of questions, and a subset of the list of questions which are specific to the authorized worker are presented to the person to confirm the person is an authorized worker. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising the step of pulling enterprise resource planning data from an enterprise resource planning module comprising one or more cost codes, and auto-populating the one or more cost codes for selection by the authorized worker. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the one or more cost codes are presented to the authorized worker on one of a tablet, smartphone and laptop operatively connected to the network using a drop-down menu. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the authorized worker makes selections for input using a touchscreen on one of a tablet, smartphone and laptop operatively connected to the network. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  further comprising presenting a schematic of a portion of the construction site, and the authorized worker touches a portion of the touchscreen to indicate percent (%) completion of a task and materials used. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the authorized worker makes selections for input by answering Yes/No questions presented on one of a tablet, smartphone and laptop operatively connected to the network. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the inputs of the authorized worker comprise at least one of voice data, talk-to-text data, pictorial data, and video data. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the reports further comprise messages sent to the authorized worker. 
     
     
         13 . A method for presenting data about a construction site to a network of operatively connected computers comprising, in combination, the steps of:
 pulling enterprise resource planning data from an enterprise resource planning module, wherein the enterprise resource planning data comprises one or more cost codes;   generating a report about at least one aspect of the data of the construction site, wherein the report comprises the one or more cost codes;   and   pushing the report about the at least one aspect of the construction site data to one or more selected parties.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the at least one aspect comprises information about at least one of manpower, contractors, materials, equipment, productivity, safety, and inspection. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the manpower information comprises at least one of:
 status of any person on the construction site; 
 illness of any authorized worker; 
 expected output of any authorized worker; and 
 actual output of any authorized worker. 
 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the materials information comprises at least one of:
 materials entering the construction site, and materials status at the construction site; and 
 the equipment information comprises at least one of: 
 equipment entering the construction site, and equipment status at the construction site. 
 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the report tracks an aspect over time against a cost code. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the report comprises at least one of a daily report, a notification of delay, and a notification of a failure to complete a required report. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14  further comprising a schematic of a portion of the construction site presented to a computer of an authorized worker, wherein the authorized worker can indicate daily work completed pictorially. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 14  further comprising a list of toolbox talks, wherein the toolbox talks are assigned to a cost code, and information about the toolbox talks are pushed to the authorized workers.